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Jan 01, 0001 Nikitovka, Russia Died on 26 Dec 1863 (aged 1862)
Russian botanist
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About Nikolai Turczaninow
- Nikolai Stepánovich Turczanínow (1796 in Nikitovka, now in Krasnogvardeysky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia – 1863 in Kharkov) was a Russian botanist who first identified several genera, and many species of plants.
- Several species have been named after him, including Connarus turczaninowii, Hydrocotyle turczaninowii, and Sisymbrium turczaninowii. In 1814, Turczaninow graduated from Kharkov University and went to work as a civil servant in St.
- Petersburg, where he published his first botanical list in 1825.
- In 1828 Turczaninov was assigned an administrative post in Irkutsk, Siberia.
- This allowed him to collect in the Lake Baikal area, and a spate of papers followed.Turczaninov later opened an herbarium in Taganrog on the Sea of Azov.
- After a debilitating fall, he allowed others to collect for him and he spent his time in classification, study and writing.
